Our Common Agenda Education Series is an annual, weekly webinar series that spans over an entire month. Each webinar will focus on key or emerging issues from each chapter in Our 2025 Common Agenda Briefing Book. The chapter themes are: (1) Clean Water & Flood Resilience, (2) Land Use & Transportation, (3) Climate & Energy, & (4) Land & Wildlife Conservation.
Join us every Wednesday in October from 12-1:30 PM as environmental experts discuss how these issues are important to Virginia's environmental landscape, the current policies and programs shaping the issue, and the opportunities to address the issue at the state level.
These virtual webinars are open to the public and recommended for staff of environmental organizations, legislative and administrative policy staff, and members of the general public.
Webinar Schedule:
Clean Water & Flood Resilience: Wednesday, October 9th, 12-1:30 PM
Land Use & Transportation: Wednesday, October 16th, 12-1:30 PM
Climate & Energy: Wednesday, October 23rd, 12-1:30 PM
Land & Wildlife Conservation: Wednesday, October 30th, 12-1:30 PM
Speakers
Jay Ford
Virginia Policy and Grassroots Advisor at Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF)
Emily Steinhilber
Director, Coasts Watersheds of Environmental Defense Fund
Brent Hunsinger
Advocacy and Coastal Programs Director of Friends of the Rappahannock
Richard Hankins
Executive Director of Partnership for Smarter Growth
Stephanie Power
Community Engagement & Programs Manager at RVA Rapid Transit
Brantley Tyndall
Director of Bike Walk RVA
Bob Shippee
Legislative Chair at Sierra Club - Virginia Chapter
Cheri Conca
Conservation Program Coordinator at Sierra Club - Virginia Chapter